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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private U.S.- and Israeli-backed group, said it has distributed over 96 million meals since late May, in boxes of staples such as rice, flour, pasta, tuna, beans, biscuits and cooking oil.

"President Trump wants to alleviate suffering for the people of Gaza because he has a humanitarian heart. He announced a new aid plan today to help Gazans obtain crucial access to food – details are forthcoming," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a comment to ABC News.

Aid agencies say many Gazans are hungry and malnourished. Amal Nassar says her family is among them, and price gouging is making things worse.

The U.N.'s World Food Programme has said that almost 470,000 people in Gaza are enduring famine-like conditions, with 90,000 women and children in need of specialist nutrition treatments. The Israeli government has rejected international criticism of its policies in the enclave.

The toll announced by the Gaza Health Ministry is likely to be an undercount as Israel pursues its war and starvation spreads.

Since Israel’s offensive led to a security breakdown in Gaza that has made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food to starving Palestinians.

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The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 60,000 as the global authority on hunger warns that famine is unfolding in the enclave despite the arrival of new food aid. International rights groups and world leaders have called for action to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,